SBU officials jointly with the prosecutor’s office and the fiscal service terminated activities of the clandestine workshop of counterfeit alcohol manufacture.

The law-enforcers detected illegal manufacture in storages of Lozove (Chernivtsi region) and detained five malefactors. During searches in the workshop and in the vehicles of the dealers the special service officials seized over 14 thousand liters of counterfeit alcohol of famous brands.

According to the SBU, the organizers sold their production in Vinnitsa and neighboring regions. The samples of seized counterfeit were forwarded for expert examination.

The criminal proceeding under p.3 Article 204 of the Criminal code of Ukraine was initiated.